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GATE | GATE CS 2008 | Question 85

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The Newton-Raphson iteration 

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 can be used to compute the.
 

(A)

square root of R 
 

(B)

logarithm of R
 

(C)

reciprocal of R
 

(D)

square of R 
 



Answer: (A)

Explanation:

According to Newton-Raphson method, 

xn+1 = xn − f(xn) / f′(xn) 

So we try to bring given equation in above form. Given equation is : 

xn+1 = xn/2 + R/(2xn) 
    = xn − xn/2 +  R/(2xn) 
    = xn − (xn2 − R2)/(2xn) 

So clearly f(x) = x2 − R, so root of f(x) means x2 − R = 0 i.e. we are trying to find square root of R. So option (C) is correct.
 


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